Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Miyamae

Hitoshi Miyamae has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240141709
    Abstract: A stopper device includes: a base member; a shaft member; a rotary member; a gear member disposed inside the rotary member; a temporary fixing portion configured to temporarily fix the gear member to the shaft member; and a cam mechanism including a cam slope and a cam abutting portion. When the gear member rotates in conjunction with a rotation of the rotary member, the shaft member is ascended by the cam mechanism. The gear member further includes a permanent fixing portion configured to restrict an ascending and descending motion of the shaft member in an ascended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Hitoshi MIYAMAE
  • Patent number: 10071618
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a tonneau cover device. The tonneau cover device includes a tonneau cover and a fixing device to engage with a lock portion to thereby hold the tonneau cover in a pulled-out-and-held state. The fixing device includes: a slider provided in a slidable manner and a hook provided in a swingable manner. When a force is exerted on an engagement protruding portion of the hook as a result of pushing in the tonneau cover toward the winding direction from the pulled-out-and-held state, and the exerted force acting on the engagement protruding portion is larger than the normally-given urging force acting on the engagement protruding portion, the hook swings such that the engagement protruding portion retracts into the case while causing the slider to be pushed in away from the sidewall, thereby being disengaged from the locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Miyamae, Hiroaki Asai
  • Publication number: 20170210212
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a tonneau cover device. The tonneau cover device includes a tonneau cover and a fixing device to engage with a lock portion to thereby hold the tonneau cover in a pulled-out-and-held state. The fixing device includes: a slider provided in a slidable manner and a hook provided in a swingable manner. When a force is exerted on an engagement protruding portion of the hook as a result of pushing in the tonneau cover toward the winding direction from the pulled-out-and-held state, and the exerted force acting on the engagement protruding portion is larger than the normally-given urging force acting on the engagement protruding portion, the hook swings such that the engagement protruding portion retracts into the case while causing the slider to be pushed in away from the sidewall, thereby being disengaged from the locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi MIYAMAE, Hiroaki ASAI
  • Patent number: 8876177
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a handle system including; a main body mounted to a mounting hole in a board; an operating member supported rotatably on the main body; a lock member locks/unlocks the board with a lock receiver in a vehicle's luggage compartment; and a cover adapted to a back surface of the main body, wherein the main body has a pair of side walls in which a pair of shaft holes are formed, a base portion positioned between the side walls, and a pair of elastic claws provided on the base portion to movably hold the lock member therebetween, wherein the operating member has a pair of projecting shafts which are inserted into the pair of shaft holes, and wherein the cover has opening suppressing portions which suppress an opening movement of the elastic claws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Piolax Inc, Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Takada, Hitoshi Miyamae, Hiroaki Fukunaga, Yasuyuki Saito
  • Publication number: 20120068482
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a handle system including; a main body mounted to a mounting hole in a board; an operating member supported rotatably on the main body; a lock member locks/unlocks the board with a lock receiver in a vehicle's luggage compartment; and a cover adapted to a back surface of the main body, wherein the main body has a pair of side walls in which a pair of shaft holes are formed, a base portion positioned between the side walls, and a pair of elastic claws provided on the base portion to movably hold the lock member therebetween, wherein the operating member has a pair of projecting shafts which are inserted into the pair of shaft holes, and wherein the cover has opening suppressing portions which suppress an opening movement of the elastic claws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd., Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo Takada, Hitoshi Miyamae, Hiroaki Fukunaga, Yasuyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 6749142
    Abstract: A sheet-like element winding apparatus has an accommodating case 1, at one end portion of which a cap 2 is attached to, and also has a winding shaft 3, disposed in the accommodating case 1, for winding a sheet-like element, and a pushing means for rotating and pushing the winding shaft in a direction in which the sheet-like element is wound. A clutch mechanism is provided at an end portion of the winding shaft. When a sheet-like element is wound, the winding shaft is connected through the clutch mechanism to a damping means D1 for providing a damping force to the winding shaft. When a sheet-like element is drawn out, the connection between the winding shaft and the damping means is canceled through the clutch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Oomi Arisaka, Hitoshi Miyamae, Hironao Tachizawa, Jinya Kamada
  • Publication number: 20020113158
    Abstract: A sheet-like element winding apparatus has an accommodating case 1, at one end portion of which a cap 2 is attached to, and also has a winding shaft 3, disposed in the accommodating case 1, for winding a sheet-like element, and a pushing means for rotating and pushing the winding shaft in a direction in which the sheet-like element is wound. A clutch mechanism is provided at an end portion of the winding shaft. When a sheet-like element is wound, the winding shaft is connected through the clutch mechanism to a damping means D1 for providing a damping force to the winding shaft. When a sheet-like element is drawn out, the connection between the winding shaft and the damping means is canceled through the clutch mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Oomi Arisaka, Hitoshi Miyamae, Hironao Tachizawa, Jinya Kamada